Is it der, die or das Schwan?

Sense 1

der

Meaning

[1] Water bird with a long neck (genres Coscoroba and Cygnus) from the family of duck birds (Anátidae)

[1] Wasservogel mit langem Hals (Gattungen Coscoroba und Cygnus) aus der Familie der Entenvögel (Anátidae)

[2] Entomology: White moths from the family of the Träng tensioner

[2] Entomologie: weißer Nachtfalter aus der Familie der Trägspanner

Examples

[1] Brooding swans are very aggressive
[1] Brütende Schwäne sind sehr angriffslustig.

[2] The swan is snow white and flies from June to August
[2] Der Schwan ist schneeweiß und fliegt von Juni bis August.

Grammar note

The plural shape swan is outdated and is completely unbroken today

Declension

1	Singular	Plural 1	Plural 2
Nominativ	der Schwan	die Schwäne	die Schwanen
Genitiv	des Schwans des Schwanes	der Schwäne	der Schwanen
Dativ	dem Schwan dem Schwane	den Schwänen	den Schwanen
Akkusativ	den Schwan	die Schwäne	die Schwanen

Sense 2

derdie

Meaning

[1] Family name

[1] Familienname

Examples

[1] Ms. Schwan visits her grandmother every Sunday
[1] Frau Schwan besucht jeden Sonntag ihre Großmutter.

Grammar note

The oral, colloquial use of the article for last names is not uniformly used to do not use an article, Central German is inconsistent, in southern German, Austrian and Swiss idioms the article tends to be needed.

In the event of an article use: the "swan" - for male individuals who "swan" in the singular - for female individuals and/or a "swan" for one and/or a relative from the family "Schwan “And/or the group of namesers. The one in the plural applies to the family and/or all name carriers of the same name. The written, standard language use for last names is in principle without an article.

Declension

1	Singular m	Singular f	Plural
Nominativ	der Schwan (Schwan)	die Schwan (Schwan)	die Schwans
Genitiv	des Schwan des Schwans Schwans	der Schwan (Schwan)	der Schwans
Dativ	dem Schwan (Schwan)	der Schwan (Schwan)	den Schwans
Akkusativ	den Schwan (Schwan)	die Schwan (Schwan)	die Schwans
siehe auch: Grammatik der deutschen Namen

Pronunciation

In context

[1] zwei Höckerschwäne Wikimedia Commons

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